Stages of linguistic development Flashcards
1
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Vegetive
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Sounds of discomfort and reflexive actions; 0-4 months
2
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Cooing
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Comfort sounds and vocal play using open mouthed vowel sounds; 4-7 months
3
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Babbling
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Repeated patterns of consonant and vowel sounds; 6-12 months
4
Q
Proto-words
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Word-like vocalisations aka scribble talk eg. mmm to mean ‘give me something’; 9-12 months
5
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Holophrastic or one-word stage
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One word utterances; 12-18 months
6
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Two word stage
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18-24 months
7
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Telegraphic stage
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-Three or more words combined
-Omission of determiners, prepositions and aux. verbs
24-36 months
8
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Post-telegraphic stage
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- More grammatically complex combinations
- Longer utterances
- Can sustain conversation and structure
- Can successfully contract
- 3rd stage of negation
- Conjugating accurately (past tenses)
36+ months
